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On Patrol: Live Will Air Instances of Police Brutality, Says Dan Abrams
Since it was announced in June that Reelz is rebranding Live PD as On Patrol: Live, critics of the show...
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Live PD Returns to TV Two Years After It Was Canceled Amid George Floyd Protests
It's been two years since A&E canceled Live PD amid nationwide protests against police brutality following the death of George...
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Posted Saturday 1/15/22 at 4:27AM EST
Police are making their own Cops-style videos to combat any negativity
"The videos continue the tradition, popularized by shows like Cops and Live PD, of glorifying police work via highly edited,...
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Posted Tuesday 6/01/21 at 10:45AM EDT
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs Javier Ambler Act to ban the state's police departments from participating in reality shows
The Javier Ambler Act is named after Javier Ambler, whose 2019 death during a police stop that was filmed by...
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Texas may ban police cooperation with reality shows after Live PD filmed a man's death in custody
Live PD was canceled last June shortly after the revelation that the A&E reality show filmed the police killing of...
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Posted Wednesday 3/31/21 at 12:34AM EDT
Two sheriffs deputies indicted in Black man's death that was captured by Live PD cameras
Former Williamson County Sheriff’s Deputies James Johnson, 36, and Zachary Camden, 26, were both charged Monday with second-degree manslaughter in...
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Posted Monday 3/29/21 at 1:16PM EDT
Live PD production company sues, accusing Texas authorities of "illegal seizure" of footage of a suspect's in-custody death
Big Fish Entertainment alleges it was thrown under the bus by the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office and the Austin Police...
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Posted Monday 10/26/20 at 7:04PM EDT
Violent encounters nearly doubled when Live PD filmed with a Texas sheriff department
The Austin American-Statesman says it found that the Williamson County Sheriff's Office -- which came under fire after Live PD...
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Texas sheriff indicted for the destruction of Live PD footage of deputies killing a Black man
A grand jury today indicted Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody on a felony evidence tampering charge in the destruction of...
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Posted Friday 8/28/20 at 4:37AM EDT
Laurence Fishburne to narrate an A&E special on police brutality
Airing Sunday, the one-hour Voices Magnified: Policing in America will "feature community leaders and activists, police, grieving families and victims...
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It's Time for A&E to Reinvent Itself (Again)
With the possible exception of BET, no cable channel has made less of its tremendous potential over the years than...
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Posted Friday 7/24/20 at 6:42PM EDT
A&E has lost half its primetime viewership since Live PD's cancelation
The police reality show was canceled amid the George Floyd protests on June 10.
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Posted Wednesday 7/01/20 at 5:01PM EDT
Live PD allowed police departments to edit out footage of police brutality and officers using bad language
The canceled A&E reality show's contracts allowed police departments and officers to have final say over whether footage airs.
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 1:43PM EDT
Live PD's syndicated spinoff canceled
Sony Pictures Television has dropped Live PD Police Patrol a week after A&E canceled Live PD in wake of police...
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Posted Friday 6/12/20 at 4:24AM EDT
Inside Live PD's cancelation: "All involved bristled at the notion of Live PD being lumped in with Cops"
Insiders at the cable network felt they ultimately had no option but to cancel Live PD at this moment of...